Re: Quiz Part 2

Jonathan Lewis wrote:

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>"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
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>>Two desperately simple questions.
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>>1. Who said "I'll put a girdle round about the Earth"?
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>Puck - in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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>>2. Why was the first British artificial satellite incorrectly named?
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>It was called Ariel 3 - and Ariel appeared in The Tempest.
>(But Ariel 3 lost out to Puck in orbital speed - Arial only
>managed 95 minutes, Puck claimed 40).
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>>Just testing
>>HJR
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Fascinating. Based on your post I found this:

"1967: First all-British satellite 'Ariel 3' launched" http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/5/newsid_2511000/2511263.stm

But can anyone explain this?

"This was followed in 1971 by the first British satellite, Prospero, put into orbit on a Black Arrow rocket."
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6133/launchsites.html

Thanks.

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